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Brachiopoda

Lamp shells

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Classification after Williams & al. 1996
Containing group: Bilateria

Other Names for Brachiopoda

References

Brunton, C. H. C., L. R. M. Cocks, and S. L. Long (eds.). 2001. Brachiopods Past and Present. The Systematics Association Special Volume Series 63. Taylor and Francis, London and New York.

Carlson, S. J. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships among extant brachiopods. Cladistics 11:131-197.

Carlson, S. J. 2001. Ghosts of the past, present, and future in brachiopod systematics. Journal of Paleontology 75:1109-1118.

Cohen, B. L. 2000. Monophyly of brachiopods and phoronids: reconciliation of molecular evidence with Linnean classification (the subphylum Phoroniformea nov.). Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 267:225-231.

Cohen, B. L., A. Gawthrop, and T. Cavalier-Smith. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of brachiopods and phoronids based on nuclear-encoded small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B 353:2039-2061.

Lüter, C. 2000. The origin of the coelom in brachiopoda and its phylogenetic significance. Zoomorphology 120:15-28.

Richardson, J. L. 1986. Brachiopods. Scientific American 225:96–102.

Rudwick, M. J. S. 1970. Living and Fossil Brachiopods. Hutchinson, London.

Saito, M., S. Kojima, and K. Endo. 2000. Mitochondrial COI sequences of brachiopods: Genetic code shared with protostomes and limits of utility for phylogenetic reconstruction. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15(3):331-344.

Santagata, S. and R. L. Zimmer. 2002. Comparison of the neuromuscular systems among actinotroch larvae: systematic and evolutionary implications. Evolution and Development 4:43-54.

Williams, A., S. J. Carlson, C. H. C. Brunton, L. E. Holmer, and L. Popov. 1996. A supra-ordinal classification of the Brachiopoda. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B 351:1171-1193.

Zhang, X.G., Hou, X. G., and C. C. Emig. 2003. Evidence of lophophore diversity in Early Cambrian Brachiopoda. Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology Letters 270(1524) Supplement 1:65-68.

Zimmer, R. L. 1997. Phoronids, brachiopods, and bryozoans, the lophophorates. Pages 279-305 in Embryology: Constructing the Organism. S. F. Gilbert and A. M. Raunio (eds.) Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

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Scientific Name Kraussina mercatori
Location in cave, 6 m depth - Santana Island, Sao Tome
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Alan Logan
Copyright © Peter Wirtz
Scientific Name Pajaudina atlantica
Location La Palma Island, Canary islands
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Alan Logan
Copyright © Peter Wirtz
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